Glenn Mathewson Article on Code requirements for outdoor kitchens

[mark handler]

https://www.iccsafe.org/building-sa...ApM&utm_content=140545728&utm_source=hs_email

Code requirements for outdoor kitchens​

 

[ICE]

The picture has receptacles in the backsplash. There is no cover. While an in use cover would certainly ruin the aesthetics.... a dead person would hardly be an improvement.

 

[Inspector Gift]

Its hard to not notice, LOL, but where is the deck ledger flashing, Glenn?

 

[Mr. Inspector]

[RB] KITCHEN. Kitchen shall mean an area used, or designated
to be used, for the preparation of food.

I like to cook at my fire pit sometimes. Looks like my back yard is defined as a kitchen.

Since in most places in PA you only need a permit if there is something structural going on in houses I never get to inspect outdoor kitchens.

 

[steveray]

Good spot on the deck ledger flashing...I am sure if it was a deck article Glenn wouldn't have let that one in.....It looks like there is a roof over the counters so it might just be a damp location not wet so they might get a pass on in use (in older codes)....And it is GFCI so it really won't kill anyone or else why would we be putting them everywhere now?

 

[mark handler]

You also don't want stormwater to flow into the sewer system.....

 

[classicT]

Its hard to not notice, LOL, but where is the deck ledger flashing, Glenn?

Deck is free-standing. See the girder and post below the blocking.

 

[Inspector Gift]

Deck is free-standing. See the girder and post below the blocking.

Perhaps... Did you see the exposed OSB below the siding? We don't know what jurisdiction it is in, but it still needs to be protected.

 

[classicT]

I don't think that's OSB. Not sure what it is though either.